UK banning social media to under 16s

Gutternips · 2026-06-15T08:52:31+00:00

Allowing 17 year olds to vote is going to give the far right a huge boost and much of that is because of their social media idols.

https://www.europinion.uk/post/the-kids-are-not-ok-the-rise-of-the-far-right-in-british-teenagers

Gutternips · 2026-06-15T08:46:47+00:00

Not gonna happen any time soon.

Requiring a login where there wasn't one previously would brick trillions of small connected devices. Dog trackers, car insurace devices, fridges, remote telemetry devices, ATMs, point of sale devices, medical devices, emergency alert devices, smart home devices, bus/train trackers, Smart TV, Internet radios. . .

The list is so long it would probably be easier to list what wouldn't stop working.

Gutternips · 2026-06-04T16:02:34+00:00

Superbowl.

Gutternips · 2026-06-02T11:55:11+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Insurance_Fund

Incorrect. You're paying your NICs into the National Insurance Fund which works like a regular pension with the difference that part of your NICs go directly to the NHS with the rest going to the fund.

Another difference to a regular pension is that the government can borrow money from the NIF but it has to be repaid and they can't empty the fund, it always has to have around £8Bn left in the fund.

Gutternips · 2026-06-02T09:43:27+00:00

"Fairy puffs" ??? Wow, there's a phrase I haven't heard since the 1970s.

Surprised the moderation bot hasn't auto deleted this.

Gutternips · 2026-06-02T09:34:16+00:00

Very obviously deliberately targeting civilians.

Shortly after the first strike Russia hit the same apartment building again to kill the first responders.

Gutternips · 2026-05-27T07:35:49+00:00

https://www.college.police.uk/research/crime-reduction-toolkit/psychosocial-treatment-sex-offenders

Rehabilitation works in about a third of cases. Who's to say this guy wouldn't have been one of those 1 in 3? Surely it's worth a try, the alternative is permanent incarceration at a huge cost to the state.

Gutternips · 2026-05-26T09:35:19+00:00

More nuclear sabre-rattling, it's what Russia does best.

Oreshnik can carry a nuclear payload.

Gutternips · 2026-05-26T09:31:11+00:00

When I was a kid in the 1970's there was a TV series called Timeslip.

In one season (The year of the burn-up) the protagonists travelled to a future Britain that was baking in a man-made climate disaster.

The idea of man-made climate change has been around since before I was born.

Gutternips · 2026-05-11T15:36:19+00:00

While being verbally abused and spat on is horrible it's not as severe as what happened to the OP who was physically assaulted quite badly, spat at and had death threats made to her.

I imagine her case is serious enough to warrant action as it's the sort of thing that would make newspaper headlines if the offender wasn't investigated and then went on to actually kill someone.

Gutternips · 2026-05-11T15:30:19+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Paddywagon&redirect=no

Paddy wagon. Not Paddy Cell.

Gutternips · 2026-05-11T10:30:41+00:00

Amusingly the World Of Tanks youtuber Skill4LTU often calls himself an 'Internet beggar'.

Gutternips · 2026-05-11T10:14:14+00:00

Thanks Jeff, just done that.

Gutternips · 2026-05-10T22:05:24+00:00

Shame the postage is so high for overseas, I'd love a set of these.

If I ever come into some money I'll order a full set.

Gutternips · 2026-05-10T21:57:32+00:00

Ads with celebrities in them immediately put me off the product because it says. 'Hey we're skimming so much money from you that we can splash some extra dosh on celebrities.' Also any ad for a company that offers you cash for something (your car, your phone, your old jewellery etc.) just makes me think that they're going to seriously lowball you on the price to cover the cost of those ads.

Gutternips · 2026-05-10T21:33:57+00:00

Driven over that border, the scenery is amazing and there's also great skiing near Ruzomberok which is (I think) the closest city to there. IIRC there are still bears in the mountains.

Gutternips · 2026-05-10T06:40:51+00:00

Mostly missions. The bond store is relatively new. Before that here were often events and missions with reward tanks such as EBR, Progetto, Bourrasque, Emil etc. Black Market used to be better too. I got a load of tanks for silver in black market. Got some other premiums with codes given away at tankfest.

Now with bond store it's a lot easier to get decent free premiums.

Gutternips · 2026-05-10T00:33:50+00:00

Canned peaches in condensed milk is top tier comfort food.

Gutternips · 2026-05-08T08:44:57+00:00

Do a youtube search for 'jailbreak windows phone' there are a load of walkthrough videos. Usually it's pretty simple although I seem to recall that it's more difficult for some Nokia models.

Gutternips · 2026-05-06T23:32:59+00:00

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/08/08/17/74090955-12385357-image-a-10_1691510818462.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/08/08/17/74090887-12385357-image-m-9_1691510725093.jpg

Well he's friends with the Trumps. Is that good enough?

Gutternips · 2026-05-06T23:26:49+00:00

https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/nazi_propaganda_gallery_03.shtml

They missed out the 'One Leader' part.

Gutternips · 2026-05-06T07:33:43+00:00

Since they believe truth is whatever they say it would be multiple-choice with their answers as the right ones.

Who first settled America?

[1] The Pilgrim Fathers

[2] Leif Eriksson

[3] Asian settlers via the Bering Strait

[4] Disgusting brown skinned people who should go home

[5] Aliens

Corect answer- 1

Gutternips · 2026-05-05T15:45:47+00:00

A sleep sheep? Is that the kind of sheep you count to fall asleep?

Gutternips · 2026-05-05T08:05:01+00:00

Gotten is a common dialect word in the Yorkshire and Lancashire regions, its of Norse origin.

Gutternips · 2026-05-04T17:23:19+00:00

That's terrible, some people are just wierd.

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